enured

in·ure

also en·ure (ĭn-yo͝or′)

tr.v. in·ured, in·ur·ing, in·ures also en·ured or en·ur·ing or en·ures

To habituate to something undesirable, especially by prolonged subjection; accustom: "Though the food became no more palatable, he soon became sufficiently inured to it" (John Barth).

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[Middle English, back-formation from enured, customary, from in ure : in, in; see in¹ + ure, use (from Old French euvre, uevre, work, from Latin opera, activity associated with work; see op- in Indo-European roots).]

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in·ure′ment n.

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enured - made tough by habitual exposure; "hardened fishermen"; "a peasant, dark, lean-faced, wind-inured"- Robert Lynd; "our successors...may be graver, more inured and equable men"- V.S.Pritchett inured, hardened toughened, tough - physically toughened; "the tough bottoms of his feet"

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